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redaxolotl wrote: 3 years ago This Audi belongs here: www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos ... kely-audi/
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Certainly does. Not that it ever officially existed .... :huh:
This was the Group B secret successor to the front engined Audi that dominated WRC. With mid engine developments coming from competitors, against the wishes or knowledge of the Audi board of Directors the guys at Audi Sport were secretly developing this 700hp 750kg mini-monster. When the project was leaked it was immediately canned and hushed up. For many years it was hidden in the corner of the factory, but I know now it has become something that has in recent years been demoed by such notables as Rohrl and Mikkola. Ithink it was fully restored for the 30th anniversary of the demise of Group B and is now proudly part of their history (It featured at the 2017 Goodwood FoS

A long article about the car here: https://rallygroupbshrine.org/group-s/a ... uppesspecs


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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 3 years ago
redaxolotl wrote: 3 years ago This Audi belongs here: www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos ... kely-audi/
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Certainly does. Not that it ever officially existed .... :huh:
This was the Group B secret successor to the front engined Audi that dominated WRC. With mid engine developments coming from competitors, against the wishes or knowledge of the Audi board of Directors the guys at Audi Sport were secretly developing this 700hp 750kg mini-monster. When the project was leaked it was immediately canned and hushed up. For many years it was hidden in the corner of the factory, but I know now it has become something that has in recent years been demoed by such notables as Rohrl and Mikkola. Ithink it was fully restored for the 30th anniversary of the demise of Group B and is now proudly part of their history (It featured at the 2017 Goodwood FoS

A long article about the car here: https://rallygroupbshrine.org/group-s/a ... uppesspecs

This is not something I have ever heard about. Very interesting and reminds me of the Toyota 222D that was being developed for the Group S rally rules, which also got canned.

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Popular rally car in Poland, fiat 126
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eijo wrote: 2 years ago Popular rally car in Poland, fiat 126
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Very agile car :)
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Maserati Type 64-Écurie SSS République de Venise - (#154 Carlo Maria Abbé / Colin Davis) - Targa Florio, 1962

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PTRACER wrote: 2 years ago Maserati Type 64-Écurie SSS République de Venise - (#154 Carlo Maria Abbé / Colin Davis) - Targa Florio, 1962
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This 1962 Tipo 64 (chassis #64004) was formerly a 1961 Tipo 63 (chassis #63004) and was built for Scuderia Serenissima. Driven by Davis and Abate it was entered in the 1962 Targa Florio by the newly formed Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia (ex Serenissia).
http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/0-pr-TIPO64.htm


It almost looks like the rear end / engine cover has a bit of a Cooper Monaco / Bobtail going on. (Except the Bobtail doesnt have the rear intake sccops))

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Hiroshi Matsushita’s CanAm car with four-engines (two, 2-cylinder 2-strokes out front, and two out back)

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It only did one (unsuccessful) test day, and then tried to qualify for the 1970 Laguna Seca CanAm race.

My parents took 10-year old me and my sister out of school the Friday of that race, and we were sitting in the grandstands across from the pits. Hiroshi would putt out of the pits (in a cloud of blue smoke), motor out of view, until he came down the hill from the corkscrew. Then he would go straight back into the pits. Rinse and repeat many many times during the day until it finally happened… he went past pit-in and around the turn 9 hairpin (original track turn numbers) in front of the grandstands. The entire grandstand erupted in cheers… and then… he pitted the next lap. :happy:
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speedcraft wrote: 2 years ago Hiroshi Matsushita’s CanAm car with four-engines (two, 2-cylinder 2-strokes out front, and two out back)

It only did one (unsuccessful) test day, and then tried to qualify for the 1970 Laguna Seca CanAm race.

My parents took 10-year old me and my sister out of school the Friday of that race, and we were sitting in the grandstands across from the pits. Hiroshi would putt out of the pits (in a cloud of blue smoke), motor out of view, until he came down the hill from the corkscrew. Then he would go straight back into the pits. Rinse and repeat many many times during the day until it finally happened… he went past pit-in and around the turn 9 hairpin (original track turn numbers) in front of the grandstands. The entire grandstand erupted in cheers… and then… he pitted the next lap. :happy:
There is a bit more information here: https://graham64.wordpress.com/2016/05/ ... -am-racer/
I didn't remember the car ever making it to a race so 'did some research.
Pete Lyons (the Can-Am meister's book "Can Am") says the driver at 'Seca was Fushida, not Matsushita. In a heartbeat, I'll put my money on Pete. ;)
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jimclark wrote: 2 years ago I didn't remember the car ever making it to a race so 'did some research.
Pete Lyons (the Can-Am meister's book "Can Am") says the driver at 'Seca was Fushida, not Matsushita. In a heartbeat, I'll put my money on Pete. ;)
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Awesome russian racing car technology back in the day :mrgreen: :twothumbs:
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sadsac wrote: 1 year ago Awesome russian racing car technology back in the day :mrgreen: :twothumbs:
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The initial version of the Eifelland F1 car.
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MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
sadsac wrote: 1 year ago Awesome russian racing car technology back in the day :mrgreen: :twothumbs:
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Now a troop transport in the Donbass.
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The DeltaWing from 2012. Looks more like it was built for a land speed record attempt and I daren't say what it looks like from above.
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The Prowess Formula Ford car testing at Silverstone back in 1986.

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 1 year ago The Prowess Formula Ford car testing at Silverstone back in 1986.

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A helicopter without rotor blades as the Prowess was once described by one Will Arif. - https://www.pressreader.com/uk/autospor ... 6717205651
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